Abstract
Burn injury ensues catabolism that leads to a significant increase in the energy and protein requirements of the patient. To meet these demands, they need some other form of enteral formula diet along with a regular diet. At our centre, a hospital-based diet prepared by the dietary department was used for this purpose. The research aimed to examine the efficacy of this formulation post-burn nutritional support. Material and methodsThis study was carried out in 40 patients with more than 20% TBSA burns who fulfilled the inclusion criteria, admitted in our burns centre from Jan 2011 to Dec 2016 and received hospital-based supplementary burns feed (SBF). They were studied based on the length of hospital stay, weight loss, serum prealbumin, and albumin levels, the number of surgeries, and other parameters. ResultsOut of the 40 patients, 36 were able to maintain less than 10% weight loss with improvement in serum prealbumin levels and a direct correlation of weight loss with the duration of hospital stay. The serum albumin level was the same throughout the analysis and was deemed insignificant. ConclusionOur hospital-based SBF is a palatable and cost-effective supplement to regular diet in countries with differences in medical treatment and cultures without requiring a technologically advanced environment.
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